Allis-Chalmers Boston Plant Reopens After Seven Month Strike
Boston plant ends seven and a half month walkout by 375 workers after settlement with CIO United Electrical Workers union. Wage rise totals 13 4 cents hourly plus a 5 cent rise last year, with starting rate not below 90 cents for new hires and 1.33 for tool grinders. Strike term runs to April 15 1948 with vacation pay and potential reopen clause. Milwaukee strike unaffected, union official says.
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Boston
Allis- Chalmers
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
Robert D. Westcott
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers 4
Robert
Mass Picketing Planned at Allis-Chalmers by Six Unions
Milwaukee reports a mass picketing demonstration planned for late today at the Allis-Chalmers plant with representatives from at least six unions. A spokesman could not estimate attendance, saying it could not be calculated in advance. Local 248 denied knowledge of the protest while noting pickets were on duty at the gates.
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Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Gov Goodland Urges Cuts to Farm Society Funding
Madison Gov. Goodland opposed state appropriations for agricultural societies. He questioned why the state should fund dairymen's associations or analogous bodies, comparing them to manufacturers' groups. The remarks surfaced during budget reviews for the 1947-49 biennium, hinting at a possible recommendation to abolish such societies.
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Goodland
Madison
Sailors Escape From Great Lakes Naval Center
Three sailor-prisoners fled the Great Lakes naval training center after exiting a mess hall under shotgun fire. Identified as 82c Thomas P. Kelly of Chicago 18 Kenneth Pugh 19 of Fort Wayne Indiana and Sir Delard Carmichael 20 of Minneapolis Minnesota they scaled a fence and vanished into nearby woods.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Center
Navy
Thomas P. Kelly
Chicago
Kenneth Pugh
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sir Delard Carmichael
Minneapolis
Minn
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight into Tuesday
Generally fair and considerably colder tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight around 20 degrees with a high Tuesday between 32 and 35 degrees.
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la Crosse
Gas fueled hotel fire kills 11 at Barry Hotel
A waiter mishandled a gasoline can near a kitchen range as a blaze swept the 87 room Barry hotel in Saskatoon before dawn. Eleven died and 18 were injured in Saskatchewan's worst fire, with most victims found in rooms.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Barry
Saskatchewan
Canada
Queen's Hotel
Fred Fries
Fries
Egypt Urges Troop Recall at UN Debate
Egypt proposed a UN amendment calling for a balanced withdrawal of all foreign troops and general demobilization with immediate removal of forces on alien soil without consent. The move follows US Britain criticism of earlier drafts and Moscow’s push to delete a home troop census during a plenary at Flushing Meadow.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Egypt
United Nations
United States
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Russia
U. N
V. M. Molotov
Flushing Meadow Park
AVC Opposes Veterans Bonus in Wisconsin Delegates Say
Delegates at a Wisconsin AVC conference voiced opposition to a state veterans bonus while backing a program of loans insurance home financing and educational benefits. They also approved support for the national AVC stand against fascism and communism.
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Madison
Wis
American Veterans Committee
AVC
America
Wisconsin
Liberte sinks after gale capsizes Le Havre liner
The German-built liner Europa renamed Liberte by France snapped moorings in a gale driven tide and sank in the Le Havre basin. The 49,746 ton ship listed heavily but buoyancy remained. no lives were lost as all aboard were later brought ashore and firefighting teams fought the wreck.
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LE Havre
France
Europa
French Line
Liberte
Workers Return At J I Case Rockford Plant After Long Strike
Workers at the J I Case Co Rockford plant resume duties for the first time in almost a year ending a major strike. About 400 of 900 idle workers return with a wage increase and voluntary dues checkoff plus arbitration agreements.
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Case Co
Rockford
J. I. Case Co
Case
Racine
Wis
Rock Island
Burlington
Russell King
CIO
United Auto Workers Union Local 396
King
Winnebago County
Supreme Court Agrees To Take Lewis Contempt Appeal
The Supreme Court fast tracked the John L. Lewis contempt case five days after $3 510 000 in fines were imposed on him and the United Mine Workers for defying a district court order to halt the 17 day coal strike. Justices bypassed the court of appeals and set January 14 for arguments, aiming for an authoritative ruling sooner. Lewis halted the strike to March 31 and said future talks would follow lawful limits.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Lewis
U. S
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court to Revisit Foremen Union Rights Case
The supreme court announced an error in its orders listing and will review a case on whether foremen may join unions and bargain collectively. Earlier it had indicated it would not review a lower court ruling finding foremen covered by the national labor relations act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tme
Supreme Court Action Shows Labor and Jury Rulings
The court upheld foremen’s right to unionize, refused to disturb FCC licensing, and ruled women’s exclusion from a jury invalid in the I Am case. It also reviewed OPA rent regulations and reversed a Nazi party membership conviction on a technicality. Justice emphasized avoiding public pressure during economic turmoil.
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I Am
California
Federal Communications Commission
Albany
FCC
U. S
Justice For
U S to Run Overseas Relief After UNRRA Ends
Washington plans to continue relief abroad after UNRRA ends, but only in countries that can prove need. Under Secretary Dean Acheson said Congress will be asked for a generous appropriation to fund the program.
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Washington, D. C
United States
UNRRA
Dean Acheson
Congress
Breeder Head Killed In Wisconsin Car Crash
Ben J. Gillmore a 64 year old Bristol farmer and technician and manager of the Southeastern Breeders Co op died from injuries from an auto crash last Thursday fifteen miles west of Kenosha Wisconsin Gillmore head of the coop died today in Bristol Wisconsin after the accident last week
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Kenosha
Wis
Ben J. Gillmore
Bristol
Southeastern Breeders’ Co-op
Death toll in Winecoff fire climbs as probes ordered
Atlanta reports 120 dead from the Winecoff hotel blaze with three added to the list. Investigations at city, county, and national levels proceed, focusing on possible criminal negligence and safety failures. Fire officials cite lack of sprinklers and open stairwells as key factors.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
George D. Burch
Chattanooga
Red Cross
Charles
Bill) Berry
Cedartown
Julia Hall
Albany
F E. Andrews
William B. Hartsfield
National Fire Prevention Association
National Conference of Building Officers
C. C. Styron
Styron
Georgia
Taylor T. Carstarphen
Mason (Ga
Winecoff
Ellis Arnall
Salvation Army
Housing Board Studies Cases In Emergency Session
La Crosse mayoral emergency housing committee urged careful study of eviction cases before any action to oust families from rented homes. The panel directed by Howard Dahl to form a three member sub committee after cases are presented, in response to Sheriff Olson’s eviction attempt at 930 Cameron Avenue involving the Robert F. Pitsch family.
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Housing Authority
Howard Dahl
Stanley C. Olson
Robert F. Pitsch
Cameron Avenue
la Crosse
Eviction Attempt Leaves Pitsch Family Homeless
The house at 930 Cameron avenue, site of an attempted eviction by Sheriff Stanley Ol son, is empty and its key will be handed to Sheriff Hubert J. Schleiter, attorney for the Pitsch family. The parents and two younger children have moved in with friends, bringing eight people to a five room home.
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Cameron Avenue
Robert Pitsch
Stanley C. Olson
Hubert J. Schleiter
Pitsch
Chipper Falls
Schleiter
Sheriff Olson Criticized Over Eviction In 930 Cameron Ave Case
A letter to the editor questions Sheriff Stanley C. Olson over a hasty eviction of a World War II veteran and his family at 930 Cameron Avenue. The writer cites jail inmate involvement and alleged misreading of the writ, arguing the move served Olson’s interests amid housing shortages.
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Stanley G. Olson
Cameron Avenue
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County
Stanley C. Olson
Olson
New RH Negative Blood Saves Nine Day Old Diane Seavey
Boston report states nine day old Diane Seavey recovered after doctors washed out poisoned blood and transfused RH negative blood for hemolytic anemia. The procedure performed at Children's Hospital was said to have saved the infant within hours.
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Boston
Diane Seavey
Children’s Hospital
Diane
Begin Byrnes Bevin Seek Broad German Peace Hearings
Secretary Byrnes and British Foreign Secretary Bevin push for wide hearings for small nations on Germany before any German peace settlement is signed. Molotov opposes. discussion to proceed in foreign ministers council with possible European troop cuts and plans for a session in Europe or courier delivery if no agreement is reached.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Council
Byrnes
Big Four
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Bevin
Molotov
Europe
Belgium
Netherlands
Canada
Australia
Girl Hurt As Car Tips Over On U S Highway
Fifteen year old Patricia Mercier of 1912 South 19th street suffered a severely lacerated left ankle when the car she rode in tipped over on U S highway 61 at 3 30 am Monday. Driver Arthur Wigdal of 911 South Second street was ticketed for driving without due caution and with an expired license. Howard Amundson received back and foot bruises. The car was destroyed in a pot collision that followed a 70 foot skid and 129 foot rollover.
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Patricia Mercier
South 19Th Street
U. S. Highway No. 61
Arthur G. Wigdal
South Second Street
Howard J. Amundson
George Street
Russian charges expectant German Fuehrer near Schumacher
Pravda correspondent David Zaslavsky alleges Kurt Schumacher of the Social Democratic party in Germany’s western zones is being groomed as a new Fuehrer. He claims Schumacher, in England at the invitation of the Labour Party, is shaping a German democracy with British American zone economic unity as context.
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Moscow
David Zaslavsky
Pravda
Fuehrer
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democratic Party
Germany
Schumacher
England
Labor Party
Zaslavsky
London
Royal Romance: Engagement Talk Circles Princess Elizabeth
News coverage centers on Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark potentially marrying Princess Elizabeth. Analysts note his British citizenship move and long residence in England while Buckingham Palace denies an engagement, with speculation of an announcement after the princess’s 21st birthday on April 21.
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London
Prince Philip
Greece
Denmark
Britain
Elizabeth
Tom Driberg
Labor
Driberg
Reynolds
George II of
Helenes
Royal Navy
England
Princess Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Miners return to work ends 17 day soft coal strike
United Mine Workers back-to-work order announced by John L. Lewis led to resumed production across major coal fields. In Pennsylvania two thirds of mines opened as 1 217 mines in Altoona area operated. Ohio began with Powhatan Point and Bellaire.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Altoona
West Virginia
UMW
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Ohio
John P. Busarello
UMW District 5
Busarello
Digger
Powhatan Point
Bellaire
Neffs
Adolph Pacifico
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Alvin Sauer
Boston A-C
Can
Labor Board
Lawrence Carlstrom
UAW International
Racine Case
Harvey Kitzman
U. S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Kitzman
John Gibson
Ings
U.S
Henry Chandler
Fulton County
Housing Board
Ee Housing
Begin Reich
Paris
Tyler
Eighth Streets
Albert R. Hefte
South Avenue
Edwin H. Sackmaster
Cunningham Street
Sackmaster
ED Creagh
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